Divided into nine chapters, this book is intended to debunk some natural or man-made phenomena that were often attributed to being creations of magic. Some examples provided in the book were turning unground coffee into a steaming cup of one and automatons such as wooden doves.

This volume is evidently written by an author of good information, and by no means inferior logical power. It treats a subject of considerable difficulty with great judgment, and goes far to demolish the whole theory of post-apostolic miracles. It is pre-eminently a book for the times, and will aid the growing light on the huge imposture of the Man of Sin. -Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Vol. 26